11th April 2005, 1:32 PM
Wireless controllers are awesome and I will fight anyone who says otherwise...IN A BATTLE ARENA!! *cue Star Trek battle arena music*
The Wavebird for the GC is an amazing controller, it's so much better than the regular controller. Wires are simply a nuisance, controllers without wires are not. And for everyone who's whining [ABF] about how you have to recharge it like EVERYDAY. Well, guess what? You don't! It lasts for a very long time, not quite sure how much exactly, but it's probably more than 30 hours. And if it does start running low while you're playing a game simply save the game AND THEN FOR LOVE OF GOD DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE FOR ONCE. Battery life is seriously not a problem at all with the Wavebird, and it likely will not be with next-gen controllers unless they try to throw in a bunch of useless stuff [i.e. rumble]. I haven't missed the rumble feature at all.
The only way you'd have to charge the batteries for a Wavebird [or other wireless controller I'm assuming] is if you used every hour of the day. The batteries last a long time in the Wavebird.
Yes, it is.
And it's a lot more comfortable, not to mention convenient. I don't have to worry about someone stepping on the cord and dumping the console in the floor, or the cord getting caught in draws or being chewed on by dogs, and there's no cord that's draped across the room. And all you have to do to take the controller someplace else is simply pick it up and carry it, there's no rolling of cords and you don't even have to unplug. Simple, easy, and better.
A rumble feature in a controller used to really cool when it was new, but that was like 9 years ago and that simply isn't something that's really that great anymore. Draws you into the game more? Maybe if it burned you and whipped with wires.
Wireless controller > Wireful controllers
The Wavebird for the GC is an amazing controller, it's so much better than the regular controller. Wires are simply a nuisance, controllers without wires are not. And for everyone who's whining [ABF] about how you have to recharge it like EVERYDAY. Well, guess what? You don't! It lasts for a very long time, not quite sure how much exactly, but it's probably more than 30 hours. And if it does start running low while you're playing a game simply save the game AND THEN FOR LOVE OF GOD DO SOMETHING OUTSIDE FOR ONCE. Battery life is seriously not a problem at all with the Wavebird, and it likely will not be with next-gen controllers unless they try to throw in a bunch of useless stuff [i.e. rumble]. I haven't missed the rumble feature at all.
Quote:It'd be a pain to have to remember to plug them in regularly overnight.
The only way you'd have to charge the batteries for a Wavebird [or other wireless controller I'm assuming] is if you used every hour of the day. The batteries last a long time in the Wavebird.
Quote:The original X-Box controller isn't bad.
Yes, it is.
Quote:The only advantage of a wireless controller is being able to get farther away from the system.
And it's a lot more comfortable, not to mention convenient. I don't have to worry about someone stepping on the cord and dumping the console in the floor, or the cord getting caught in draws or being chewed on by dogs, and there's no cord that's draped across the room. And all you have to do to take the controller someplace else is simply pick it up and carry it, there's no rolling of cords and you don't even have to unplug. Simple, easy, and better.
Quote:but nice if you can get it.
A rumble feature in a controller used to really cool when it was new, but that was like 9 years ago and that simply isn't something that's really that great anymore. Draws you into the game more? Maybe if it burned you and whipped with wires.
Wireless controller > Wireful controllers
Sometimes you get the scorpion.